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Lauren Passarelli

Lauren Passarelli

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Lauren Passarelli is an award winning teacher & distinguished alumni from Berklee College of Music where she has been a guitar Professor since 1984.

Originally from Paramus, NJ, Lauren received a fantastic guitar foundation using the Alfred’s, Mel Bay, Harry Shearer & William G. Leavitt guitar books from her first guitar teacher, Lou Sabini. Graduating in 1982 as the first woman to finish the guitar performance program, Lauren also became the first woman to join Berklee’s guitar faculty & first to be promoted to full Professor.

She’s a multi instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger, recording engineer & record producer & has worked with Cindy Brown, Sarah Burrill, Thaddeus Hogarth, Kate Chadbourne, Danny Morris, Pat Metheny, Elizabeth Lorrey, Nancy Beaudette, Melissa Etheridge, Jane Miller, Louis Arnold & many others.

Her students include Derek Sivers, founder of cdbaby, Panos Panay, founder of sonic bids; Will Knox; Kyle Patrick, of Click 5; Jesse Ruben & Rob Harkness, founder of Barn Productions.

Lauren specializes in creativity, composing, sight reading, the ability to groove, the music of The Beatles, alternate guitar tunings, song writing, recording, producing, arranging & Artist survival skills. She writes in standard & alternate tunings, plays slide & fretless guitar, and approaches the guitar as a mini orchestra. She has the ability to play funky riffs and sing counter melodies at the same time.

She endorses, Line 6, Wechter, Guild, Fender, Taylor, Godin, Washburn, Yamaha, Martin, Rane, Electro Voice, Crowley & Tripp, AKG, Audio Technica, Groove Tubes, Bose, DR Handmade Strings, D’Addario, Planet Waves, IK Multimedia, East West, Apple, Studiomaster, ADA Amplification, Marshall, Vox, ART & more.

There are hundreds of performances, clinics & interview videos on youtube featuring Lauren & her original music as well as Beatle covers while she was touring as the sound-a-like George Harrison.

She is the co-founder of Feather Records, Cotton Moon Music, Wizard & Feather Brown Productions & PassaBrown Studios.

Lauren’s music is available world wide on cdbaby, iTunes, Rhapsody, Pandora & many other sites. Her CDs include: “Among The Ruins” & “Shadow Language” under her band name Two Tru, “Back to the Bone”, New CDs coming soon ~ “Playing With the Pieces” & “Blast of Love.”

"Lauren Passarelli is a great guitar player" Pat Metheny. (Less)

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Lauren's Contributions to JamPlay.com

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Lessons With Lauren Passarelli

Lauren Passarelli is an accomplished musician, songwriter and teacher. She is currently a full professor at the Berklee College of Music.

Lesson 1

Lauren Passarelli Interview

This interview covers topics such as music theory, reading sheet music, songwriting, and...

Length: 37:34
Lesson 2

Guitar Purchase and...

Lauren Passarelli offers up her wisdom on purchasing a guitar. She also includes information...

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Lesson 3

Guitar Thoughts

Lauren Passarelli gives her thoughts on several important aspects of the guitar including...

Length: 20:17
Lesson 4

Time and Space

Lauren talks about the importance of rhythm and proper practice habits.

Length: 12:56
Lesson 5

Reading Music, Chord...

Lauren Passarelli is back with a behemoth of a lesson. In this lesson, she gives tips...

Length: 39:26
Lesson 6

Pick Tricks, Learning...

In this lesson, Lauren offers her thoughts on guitar picks, learning efficiently, and...

Length: 5:15
Lesson 7

Vocal Tips

Lauren Passarelli gives a few potent tips to improve vocal performance and longevity.

Length: 3:56
Lesson 8

Slide Guitar Tips

Lauren Passarelli discusses slide guitar and dishes out several quality tips.

Length: 4:58
Lesson 9

Songwriting Ideas

Lauren begins discussing the topic of songwriting. In this lesson, she talks about how...

Length: 13:03
Lesson 10

Chords and Rhythm

Lauren Passarelli gives some tips on playing chords and maintaining rhythm while doing...

Length: 4:48
Lesson 11

Songwriting Ideas Part...

Lauren starts off by talking about RAS (Retinal Activation Syndrome) and then moves on...

Length: 16:56
Lesson 12

Songwriting Ideas Part...

Lauren Passarelli returns with more ideas on songwriting. This time around she talks about...

Length: 11:09
Lesson 13

Simplicity and Songwriting

Lauren talks about how sometimes simple chords, progressions or licks can be used to create...

Length: 17:12
Lesson 14

Using Song Ideas

Lauren Passarelli talks about the process of whittling down massive pools of songwriting...

Length: 10:04
Lesson 15

All the Words

Lauren showcases her original song "All the Words" as a way of demonstrating how powerful...

Length: 5:52
Lesson 16

Writing Lyrics

Lauren Passarelli talks about the process of writing song lyrics and gives insight as...

Length: 8:11
Lesson 17

Writing Lyrics Part...

Lauren returns to the topic of lyric writing with several more potent tips.

Length: 3:33
Lesson 18

Alternate Tunings and...

Lauren Passarelli discusses how alternate tunings can be used in the songwriting process...

Length: 10:34
Lesson 19

Rhythms of the Sun

Lauren introduces her original song "Rhythms of the Sun" and uses it as a springboard...

Length: 9:12
Lesson 20

Alternate Tunings Part...

Lauren Passarelli further explorers the world of open tunings. In this lesson, she talks...

Length: 11:09
Lesson 21

Two Original Songs

Lauren Passarelli demonstrates two of her original songs and uses them as examples to...

Length: 10:44
Lesson 22

Sometimes

Lauren Passarelli introduces her original song entitled "Sometimes." She uses this song...

Length: 8:54
Lesson 23

The Dreams I'm Living...

Lauren Passarelli demonstrates her original song called "The Dreams I'm Living For" and...

Length: 7:18
Lesson 24

New Tunings

Lauren Passarelli introduces two new tunings. She plays two of her original songs to demonstrate...

Length: 13:20
Lesson 25

D to C Tuning

Lauren Passarelli introduces a new tuning in which the D string is tuned down to C. She...

Length: 13:04
Lesson 26

Nail Care

Lauren takes a short break from her songwriting lessons to discuss nail care, an often...

Length: 4:25
Lesson 27

Mainly Distance

Lauren Passarelli demonstrates her original song called "Mainly Distance." Lauren uses...

Length: 8:31
Lesson 28

In the Style of Songwriting

Lauren first introduces one of her original tunes and talks about how it was written....

Length: 19:21
Lesson 29

Lyrical Inspiration...

In this lesson, Lauren talks about how classic poems and your original poems can be a...

Length: 17:36
Lesson 30

I Carry On

In this lesson, Lauren Passarelli talks about playing chords in random positions to find...

Length: 7:38
Lesson 31

Warming up and Triplets

Lauren teaches a few chromatic scale fingerings that can be used as warm-ups. She proceeds...

Length: 13:20
Lesson 32

Warming up Muscles

In this lesson, Lauren talks about the importance of making sure the muscles in your wrist...

Length: 4:54
Lesson 33

Tuner Thoughts

Lauren Passarelli takes a brief pause from her songwriting lessons to talk about guitar...

Length: 3:12
Lesson 34

Song Imitations

Lauren Passarelli explains how a riff, lick, tuning or even chords from a song you like...

Length: 34:23
Lesson 35

Song Inspiration

Lauren talks about some of the interesting places song inspiration can come from, including...

Length: 16:54
Lesson 36

Song Demonstrations

In this lesson, Lauren demonstrates several of her original songs and describes the process...

Length: 23:14
Lesson 37

Instrumental Songs

Lauren talks about the process of writing instrumental songs and demonstrates a few of...

Length: 23:14
Lesson 38

Instrumentals Part 2

Lauren returns to the world of instrumental songwriting. In this lesson she demonstrates...

Length: 12:07
Lesson 39

Book and Movie List

Lauren Passarelli shares a list of books and movies that she thinks are valuable for any...

Length: 4:00

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